OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – This is a song
that perseveres after all these years despite only minor chart success. The
bad news? Five of six singles released after this record failed to chart.
And the one that did chart only got to #94, causing Neon Philharmonic to disband
in 1975.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD
– This was one of seven charted records that Marvin had with Tammi Terrell out
of 11 credited to this team. The bad
news? Due to poor health, Valerie Simpson actually had to sing Tammi’s part
on the last three efforts together with Marvin. Tammi died from a brain tumor on
March 16, 1970 at just 24 years old, sending Marvin Gaye into seclusion from
depression for months.

75 – Bohemian
Rhapsody – Queen – 1976/1992 (Peaks: WABC #3, Nat’l #2)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
After an initial chart run that brought the song to #9 in 1976, a revival of
this hit - thanks to the movie “Wayne’s World” - landed the record at #2 on the
national top 100 in 1992. The bad news?
Rock icon and band leader Freddie Mercury never got to see this revival of his
hit. He died the previous November of AIDS.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
With four weeks at #1, this was the band’s longest running chart-topper since
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in 1965 and their first #1 hit in over 2½ years.
The bad news? Less than four months
after this song topped the chart, a Stones concert-goer was murdered by a member
of Hell’s Angels acting as security at the rock band’s Altamont concert.

73 - *Penny Lane – Beatles – 1967 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – This song became
their longest running #1 (at three weeks) in nearly two years. As part of an
extended play single it got to #2 in England. The song was one of six included
in the “Magical Mystery Tour” LP in the U.S. The bad news? The “Magical
Mystery Tour” film was a disaster, both in the U.S. and in England, Initially
aired in the U.K. as a made-for-television film, George Martin, the band's
producer, was quoted as saying "…It looked awful (as a color film showed in
black and white)". Hunter Davies, the band's official biographer, said that "It
was the first time in memory that an artist felt obliged to make a public
apology for his work”. And Paul McCartney added. "We don't say it was a good
film. It was our first attempt. If we goofed, then we goofed.”

72 - *Sugar Sugar – Archies – 1969 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – The Archies became the most
successful cartoon character chart act since The Chipmunks. This song was one of
the biggest hits of the year, staying on top for four weeks. The bad news?
“The Archie Show” which was the genesis of this fictional band was off the air
by the time this song got to #1. The show debuted on CBS in September 1968 and
lasted for one season, until the end of August, 1969.

71 - Won't Get Fooled Again – Who – 1971 (Peaks:WABC #21, Nat’l #15)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – This was one of
eight top 20 hits for the band, and it became one of their signature hits.
The bad news? “Lifehouse”, the science fiction rock opera
for which this song was written by the Who was intended to be a follow-up to
Tommy, but was abandoned as a film project and was never completed.

70 - Taxi - Harry Chapin – 1972 (Peaks: WABC - #9, Nat’l #24)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – This song along
with 1980’s “Sequel” provided perfect bookends to the tale of “Taxi”, with the
sequel actually charting higher than the original, when it reached #23. The
bad news? Harry’s brilliant career was cut short when he died in a car crash
on his native Long Island at the age of 38.

69 – *A Hard Day’s Night – Beatles – 1964 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

and 68 - *Help! – Beatles – 1965 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – The film “A Hard
Day's Night” set records at the London Pavilion by grossing over $20,000 in the
first week, and eventually was nominated for two Academy Awards. By 1971 the
film was estimated to have earned $11 million worldwide. And the movie “Help” is
regarded as being influential in the subsequent development of music videos
The bad news? The Beatles never replicated the success of the film “A Hard
Day’s Night”. The movie “Help!” was not thought of as being on the same high
level as “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Magical Mystery Tour” was considered a
failure as a movie.

67 – Sweet
Caroline – Neil Diamond – 1969 (Peaks: WABC #2, Nat’l #4)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
The song went platinum for sales of one million singles and has sold over two
million digital downloads in the United States alone.
The bad news? Neil has shifted his story about this song to fit the
occasion. After claiming that the song was about Caroline Kennedy, the daughter
of the American president John F. Kennedy, Diamond revealed that Caroline gave
him the idea for the name, but had nothing to do with the song's inspiration. In
fact, the song is about his second wife, Marcia Murphey. He needed a
three-syllable name to fit the melody, and the name Caroline fit the song
perfectly.

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – One of the most
spectacular soprano notes ever heard in pop music ended this song. It was
delivered by Janet Vogel. The bad news? Racked by depression and a
downward-spiraling home life, Janet committed suicide on February 21, 1980. She
was 37.

65 – Precious
and Few – Climax – 1972 (Peaks: WABC #2, Nat’l #3)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
After having four top 40 hits including a #5 smash called “Time Won’t Let Me”
with The Outsiders, lead singer Sonny Geraci peaked even higher on the chart
with this ballad. The bad news? Sonny
would never again repeat that chart success with this group or any other.

64 – *He’s a
Rebel – Crystals – 1963 (Peaks: WABC - #2, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
Darlene Love, the vocalist on this hit, has seen her popularity soar from the
1990’s through today, culminating with her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame. The bad news? Darlene never
received credit under her own name for this hit, and throughout the 60’s, 70’s
and 80’s, her talent was largely ignored.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
Tommy James and The Shondells were voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends
online Hall of Fame in 2006. The bad
news?Four of their songs were
voted “Legendary Michigan Songs”. But “Crystal Blue Persuasion” wasn’t one of
them.

62 – Elusive
Butterfly – Bob Lind – 1966 (Peaks: WABC #6, Nat’l #5)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This song was a big international hit, going to #5 in both the U.S. and the U.K.
The bad news? The single might have
done even better on the UK Singles Chart had there not been competition from
established Irish recording artist Val Doonican, who released a cover version of
the song and also peaked at #5.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
To this day, Merry Clayton’s vocal contributions remain the most prominent
contribution to a Rolling Stones track by a female vocalist.
The bad news? Merry suffered a
miscarriage after the recording session, attributed by some sources to her
exertions during the session.

60 - *Sherry –
Four Seasons – 1962 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
According to writer and group member Bob Gaudio, the song was named after the
daughter of his best friend, New York DJ Jack Spector.
The bad news? Before the group
arrived at that title, they had to go through alternate titles that included
"Jackie Baby" (in honor of then-First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy),"Terri Baby", and "Peri Baby," which was the name of the record label for
which Bob Crewe worked, named after the label owner's daughter.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
The song was an international hit, going to #2 in Billboard and #1 in Cashbox in
the U.S. and #5 in the U.K. The bad news?
Andy Williams, not Frankie Valli, had the hit version in the UK, which peaked at
#5 in 1968. In 2002, he redid the song as a duet with Denise Van Outen, this
time peaking at #23. Other UK hit versions were recorded by Boystown Gang (#4 in
1982) and The Pet Shop Boys in a medley with "Where The Streets Have No Name"
(#4 in 1991). Frankie Valli’s version never clicked in England.

58 – Lola –
Kinks – 1970 (Peaks: WABC #8, Nat’l #9)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This single was their first top ten hit in nearly five years and became a
classic, one of their signature songs.
The bad news? Despite 23 top 100 songs in the U.S., this band never cracked
the rarified air of the top five.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
This song, their second biggest hit behind “I’m a Believer”, was so popular that
it charted twice, the second as a remix in 1986 when it got to #79.
The bad news? Davy Jones always sang
lead on this song, but once he passed away on February 29, 2012, the group
refused to sing it, letting the audience lead on it as a tribute to their late
singer.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -The group, although all Americans, was
formed in England and ended up with this song going to #1 in over five
countries. The bad news? Although
formed in England, this song never made it to #1 there.

55 – You Really
Got Me – Kinks – 1964 (Peaks: WABC #2, Nat’l #7)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This was the first of six straight top 40 hits for the band, three of which made
the top ten. The bad news? The group
would have two consecutive top 40 hits only once more in over 20 years on the
chart. And they would be totally absent from the top ten from 1971 to 1982.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
Every one of this act’s three charted songs made the top 40.
The bad news? A huge amount of personnel changes (22 members through
the years) led a tumultuous dynamic. In July 2009, past member Matthew Fisher
won a British court judgment awarding him 40% of the music royalties from 2005
onwards for "A Whiter Shade of Pale", which had previously gone to two original
members, Gary Brooker and Keith Reid.

53 – Nowhere Man
– Beatles – 1967 (Peaks: WABC #4, Nat’l #3)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This was The Beatles sixteenth double-sided hit, with the flip side, “What Goes
On”, getting to #81. The bad news?
This was the group’s lowest ranking “A” side since 1964’s “Matchbox”, which only
got to #17.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This song was one of the few in music history to chart three times in three
different versions. The first was a 2:43 version in 1971 that peaked at #51. The
more familiar 7:10 version climbed to #10 in 1972, and an acoustic version of
the song made it to #12 in 1992. The bad
news? Clapton went into a drug-filled depression when the single tanked in
1971. He couldn't understand why it wasn't a hit.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
The song proved to be one of the highlights of the movie “Blue Hawaii” after
Elvis insisted it be included in the soundtrack.
The bad news? Neither the movie
producers nor Elvis' associates liked the song, and Elvis had to insist on its
inclusion before the higher-ups agreed.

50 - *Runaround
Sue – Dion – 1961 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
Ellen, the girl who inspired this song at a basement party in the Bronx, was
thrilled with the record, hugging Dion and saying, “Wow, what a birthday gift to
watch that song come together.” The bad
news? At first, the friends at that party thought Dion ruined the feel of
the song.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
A signature hit for this act, it led to ten more top 40 hits over the next seven
years. The bad news? Steve Barri, who
was looking to produce a song for the Grass Roots that would be a "West Coast"
version of a Motown-style production, didn’t allow the band to play on this
record. Instead, he brought in veteran musicians from ”The Wrecking Crew”
conglomerate to provide the instrumentation.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
The Four Tops had 45 top 100 songs and this was one of only two that made it to
#1. The bad news? This would be the
first time one Motown act displaced another (The Supremes, “Back in My Arms
Again”) at the #1 spot.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
The record achieved gold record status and was a #1 hit in both the U.S. and
Canada. The bad news? The band hated
the lyrics so the lead vocals were sung by a friend of the band, Greg Munford.
The regular vocalists in the group were relegated to providing background and
harmony vocals on the record. Munford never sang with the band after the
recording session was completed.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
Lou managed to launch and relaunch his career three times. In 1963, “The Gypsy
Cried” went top ten. In 1966, “Lightning Strikes” led the revival. Finally, in
1969, “I’m Gonna Make You Mine” got to #10.
The bad news? On “Lightning Strikes, label head Lenny Shear threw it
in the wastebasket and said it was “a piece of crap”. Lou had to put up his own
money to get it played around the country.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
The group received a platinum record for this hit, their fifth top ten song.
The bad news? The song was written
for Keely Smith, Louis Prima’s ex-wife, but Keely never got the hit record of the song
that could have revived her career.

43 – Piano Man –
Billy Joel – 1974 (Peaks: WABC #19, Nat’l #25)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This song achieved “Digital Gold” status, meaning it achieved 500,000 downloads.
The bad news? The song only achieved
mediocre results when released as Billy’s first single.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
Widely considered to be the song that brought rock and roll into mainstream
culture around the world, it stayed at the top of the chart for 8 weeks.
The bad news? Although many consider
it the first rock and roll record, it was not, nor was it the first successful
record of the genre. Bill Haley himself had American chart success with "Crazy
Man, Crazy" in 1953, and in 1954, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" sung by Big Joe
Turner reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This song, although never a big hit nationally or in many major markets, became
a classic despite that lack of chart success.
The bad news? Because the song peaked in different markets at
different times, it was never a national top ten hit.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This song helped Bobby achieve major hits in four different music genres, pop,
top 40 rock and roll, country, and rhythm and blues.
The bad news? Just 14 years after the success of this hit, Bobby
died of heart failure at just 37 years old.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This song started off their career with a bang, staying at #1 for three weeks.
The bad news? While their 14th
top 40 hit was on the chart, the band broke up in July, 1968. And even after
reuniting two times, that initial spark never again ignited.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
Following the song's release in 1972, "Brandy" increased in popularity as a
girl's name in the United States. According to data from the Social Security
Administration, "Brandy” was the 353rd most popular name in 1971, 140th in 1972,
and, in 1973 (the first full year after the song's popularity), 82nd.
The bad news? As the popularity of
the name grew, the popularity of the band shrunk. By 1973, they had their
second, and final, top 100 song.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This was the first song to have eight million performances according to BMI
publishers. The bad news? Bobby
Hatfield died in 2003, 63 years old, just hours before a scheduled Righteous
Brothers concert. In January 2004, a toxicology report concluded that an
overdose of cocaine had precipitated a fatal heart attack.

35 - *To Sir
With Love – Lulu – 1967 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This song was the #1 hit of the year for both WABC and the national charts.
The bad news? In Lulu's native U.K.
it was only a “B” side to her #11 hit "Let's Pretend."

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
Only four Beatles “B” sides charted higher than this one.
The bad news? John Lennon wanted this to be the “A” side. His
opinion did not prevail.

33 - *Downtown –
Petula Clark – 1965 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
After 33 years in show business, she finally became a star in the U.S. with this
breakthrough hit. The bad news?
Although she had six more national top 20 hits over the next three years, this
would be her only #1 song on WABC.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This stayed at #1 for seven weeks on WABC, which tied a record for longevity at
the top at the time. The bad news? 26
additional members joined the group through the years, yet the many turnovers
could not come up with the right combination for another hit song once Marilyn
McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. left in 1976.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
15 top ten hits and five #1 songs helped make this group one of the top acts of
the 1960s. The bad news? The
following year, bass singer Nick Massi left, opening up the door to group
turnovers to the point where NONE of the originals appeared with Frankie Valli
by 1973..

30 – Because –
Dave Clark Five – 1964 (Peaks: WABC #4, Nat’l #3)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #60 in August, and peaked six
weeks later at #3, becoming the band's fifth US single to sell more than one
million copies. The bad news? Epic
Records, the group’s label, was initially resistant to releasing this song,
believing the ballad strayed too far from the hit-making formula that had proven
successful with the band's previous upbeat singles. When Dave Clark insisted
that "Because" be released as an A-side in the U.S., the label eventually
agreed.

29 – Mr.
Dieingly Sad – Critters – 1966 (Peaks: WABC #5, Nat’l #17)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
Three of the groups four top 100 national hits were top 10 songs in New York.
The bad news? Nationally, “Mr.
Dieingly Sad” was the only Critters record to crack the top 20.

28 – A Day in
the Life (from “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) - Beatles – 1967

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This track is one of the most popular Beatles LP cuts.
The bad news? Many radio stations, including WABC, refused to play
this song in 1967 due to the “suggestive drug lyrics”.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –The
Shirelles are the second most successful “girl group” of the 1960’s, behind only
The Supremes. The bad news? The “B”
side of this record, “Boys” was later covered by The Beatles and released as a
“Capitol Starline” single in 1965, but never charted.

26 - *Runaway –
Del Shannon – 1961 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This was his first and biggest hit, staying at #1 for a month in March of 1961.
The bad news? Del shot himself to
death at the age of 55 in 1990.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
After nine chart entries achieved only mediocre success, Glen finally made it
with this breakthrough #3 hit, putting a name on a face that had been so
important behind the scenes on hit records since the 1960’s.
The bad news? Glen would have to wait
nearly another seven years before he’s reach the top three again with the #1
hit, “Rhinestone Cowboy”.

24 - *Hotel
California – Eagles – 1977 (Peaks: WABC #2, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
"Hotel California" went to #1 for one week in May 1977, In addition, it reached
#10 on the Easy Listening and was certified Gold and Platinum (Digital Sales
Award) by the Recording Industry Association of America. The Eagles won the 1977
Grammy Award for Record of the Year for this song, and the song's guitar solo
was voted the best solo of all time by readers of Guitarist magazine in 1998.
The bad news? The record company was
reluctant to release it as a single because of the length of song - over six
minutes long. The band took a stand and refused the label's request to shorten
it.

23 - *Cherish –
Association – 1966 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
Original Association member Jim Yester said the record label claimed the song
sounded "too old and archaic", but quipped that the song's success "just showed
we can have archaic and eat it, too." Now THAT’S a bad pun that’s VERY good!
The bad news? There’s an intentional
lie on the label! The single release of the song was slightly edited by removing
one of the two "And I do cherish you" lines near the end of the song to keep the
track from exceeding the three-minute mark many radio stations demanded. But
even with the edit, it still ran over. Instead of editing further, producer Curt
Boettcher intentionally listed "3:00" on the label as the song's running time.

22 - *Be My Baby
– Ronettes – 1963 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #2)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
The bad news? Phil Spector sabotaged
the group’s success shortly after “Walking in the Rain” hit the charts by
refusing to release records the group was contractually obligated to release.
Many attributed this to his insecurities and love for the group's lead singer,
Ronnie. Spector didn't want the Ronettes to become too popular, afraid that they
would outgrow him. Their biggest loss could have been "Chapel of Love”. Ronnie
recalls, "We practically begged Phil to put it out. When the Dixie Cups' version
came out and it was a smash, it was so depressing."

21 – Imagine –
John Lennon – 1971 (Peaks: WABC #4, Nat’l #3)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD -
Rolling Stone described "Imagine" as Lennon's "greatest musical gift to the
world" and ranked it as #3 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
In 1999, BMI named it one of the top 100 most-performed songs of the 20th
century. Also that year, it received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and an
induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and
Roll. The bad news? Not everyone
loved the song. Authors Ben Urish and Ken Bielen criticized the music as overly
sentimental and melodramatic, and the lyrics as nebulous and contradictory,
offering no practical solutions. Author Chris Ingham indicated the hypocrisy in
Lennon, the millionaire rock star living in a mansion, encouraging listeners to
imagine living their lives without possessions.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This was Dylan’s first major top 40 hit. 21 more top 100 entries followed.
The bad news? Hard-core fans started
pulling away from him, bemoaning his use of electric guitars as trying to
appease the commercial masses and calling his music “the watery pap of pop
music”.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
Despite minimum exposure in the states at the time, the song persevered to
become one of the group’s signature tunes.
The bad news? After appearing on a
Dick Clark special without paying their to the American Federation of Television
and Recording Artists dues, the Federation blacklisted them and the Kinks could
not return to the U.S. for over four years. Years later, lead singer Ray Davies
mused, “…that ridiculous ban took away the best years of the Kinks’ career…”.

17 - *My Girl –
Temptations – 1965 (Peaks: WABC #4, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This was the group’s first #1 song. Three more would follow.
The bad news? In New York on WABC,
the song never even cracked the top three.

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
With only her second single release after leaving The Supremes, Ms. Ross made it
to the top with this hit, and would eventually end up having a #1 song for eight
consecutive years, either solo or with her former group.
The bad news? For the next ten years,
Diana’s songs either went to #1, or didn’t make it into the top ten at all, a
very odd accomplishment.

15 - *Let It Be – Beatles – 1970 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – This was the tenth
time of eleven that the Fab Four had back to back releases get to #1. Elvis only
did it three times. The bad news? This disastrous recording session with
its bickering and ill feelings essentially represented the end of The Beatles as
a group.

14 - In The Still Of The Nite - Five Satins – 1956 (Peaks: WABC – Pre-Dates
Chart, Nat’l: #24)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – It’s considered by
many to be the all-time #1 doo-wop song. The bad news? Not only did this
song never enter the top 20, but this talented group only had one other top 40
song, “To the Aisle”, which peaked at #25.

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – Even though only three Beach Boys appear on
this (Brian and Carl Wilson and Bruce Johnston), Paul McCartney called it his
favorite all-time record. The bad news?
WABC in New York never played this song, supposedly because it mentioned “God”
in the title, a controversial practice in 1966.

12 - *She Loves You – Beatles – 1964 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – The good is VERY
good…the final note. George Martin, the Beatles' producer, questioned the
validity of the major sixth chord that ends the song. George suggested it, and
Paul loved it. It’s considered a classic piece of harmony to this day. As Martin
put it, “It was just like a Glenn Miller arrangement.". The bad news?
Capitol Records didn’t believe in the group at first, so Epstein, who needed a
record label to release "She Loves You" in the US, was forced to go to Swan
Records with a contract for only "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You" – and the
rights for only two years.

11 - *Rag Doll - Four Seasons – 1964 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD - This song leaped
from “Pick Hit of the Week’ to #1 in one week on New York’s WABC and helped
establish the act as an American super-group. The bad news? They would
only make the top 3 three more times, and it would be almost twelve years before
they had another #1 hit.

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – The good news was the
left-field success of this song by a singer previously known for his
Shakespearian acting ability.The bad news? Despite the poetic homage paid
to it by lyricist Jimmy Webb, MacArthur Park became known for violence after
1985 when prostitution, drug dealing, and shoot-outs became commonplace.
Gang-on-gang violence still occurs occasionally in and around the park.

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – Bruce’s first hit
became his signature song.The
bad news? The song never even made the national top 20, despite all the
accolades and awards it’s amassed through the years.

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – This was the song that made
them international superstars.
The bad news? “I Saw Her Standing There”, a song that on its own could have
very likely been another #1 Beatles hit, only got to #14 as a result of being
relegated to the flip side of the single.

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – This classic was voted #3 in
2000 by VH1 on its list of the 100 Greatest Rock Songs and was #31 on Rolling
Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It was the most
requested song on FM radio stations in the U.S.in the 1970s, despite never
having been released as a commercial single initially.The bad news? The group was sued by a member of Spirit, who
claimed that “Stairway to Heaven” was a rip-off of their song “Spirit”. Led
Zeppelin prevailed, but it took two years in court to do so.

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – This song spent six weeks at
#1. Record and Song of the Year awards for 1970 topped the good news. The bad
news? This was their last #1 song and effectively led to the end of the act
as a duo.

5 - *Light My Fire – Doors – 1967 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO, THAT’S BAD – This turned into
a million selling #1 hit, staying on the chart for nearly six months and
launching the band to super stardom. The bad news? After Ed Sullivan
demanded they change the lyrics on this song from “Girl, we couldn’t get much
higher” to “Girl, we couldn’t get much better” for their TV appearance, Jim
Morrison sang the offending lyrics anyway, and as a result the group was
permanently banned from the show.

4 - *Good Vibrations - Beach Boys – 1966 (Peaks: WABC #4, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This song continued a string of three straight years that “The Boys of Summer”
would have a #1 hit.The bad news?
Their next and final #1 would not appear until 22 years later, when "Kokomo"
made it to the top.

3 - *American
Pie - Don McLean – 1972 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD –
This song exploded onto the music scene and established McLean as a hot
commodity overnight. This hit stayed at #1 for four weeks.
The bad news? It would be almost ten years before Don made the top
ten again, with a final total of only two more top 20 songs after “American
Pie”.

2 -
*Satisfaction - Rolling Stones – 1965 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S
GOOD…NO, THAT’S BAD –
This was the first of eight #1 songs for this band, and it became a signature
song for them as part of 11 consecutive top 20 records released between 1964 and
early 1967.The bad news? They would
only muster up one more top ten hit from the fall of 1967 until early 1971.

AND NOW, THE
SONG YOU VOTED #1…FOR THE 18th TIME!

1 - *Hey Jude –
Beatles – 1968 (Peaks: WABC #1, Nat’l #1)

OH THAT’S GOOD…NO THAT’S BAD – This became the biggest Beatles hit of all
time, staying at #1 for nine weeks.The
bad news? "Jude" is the German word for "Jew." When an employee scrawled the
words "Revolution" and "Hey Jude" to promote the new Beatles single on the
window of the retail store the group owned and recently had closed, the words
were taken out of context by some Jewish residents, who read it as hateful
graffiti.

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